I had some early years education on that ( if you can believe it ) in grade school no less - continued on through Jr. High. Was a more subtle concept/subject by the time High School rolled around though.

Encyclopedias can be edited too. Any book can. Wikipedia as the advantage of having people constantly checking the resources. Usually, false information gets fixed very quickly. It's much more dynamic than a book which needs to wait for the next edition to fix errors.

I'm surprised a fervent occupier such as yourself does not find beauty in Wikipedia. It's a community effort. Wikipedia is to information what Occupy wants to be for government, that is anarchy. It's amazing that you have professionals from all over the world who contribute daily to make Wikipedia bigger and better. An absolutely beautiful project. And, they're not in it for the money.

Instead of dishing Wikipedia because you fall prey to myths, as an occupier and supporter of anarchism and community efforts in general, you should support Wikipedia with every bone, muscle, and drop of blood in your body. You should contribute time and energy to improve it by fixing errors, adding to articles in which you have expertise, debating page edits, etc... Creating a better world demands efforts. You can't just site there and complain. When there's a community project you jump in and help. God knows there aren't enough community projects out there. Isn't that what Occupy is all about; encouraging community efforts? Wikipedia is one of the biggest community projects around at the moment.

You should never use the past tense in such a way. Occupiers should never give up on community projects. If we had given up because corporations took over news agencies, bought out smaller family owned companies, corrupted governments, etc... we never would have started Occupy in the first place.

If you're going to give up because of the 1% you might as well pack your bags now and enjoy your retirement without worrying about the possibility of a better world.

Giver-uppers don't belong with Occupy. We need strong minds who still believe change is possible.

Wikipedia has passed the expiration date of it's usefulness? Data sharing, DIY projects, collectives, community science, open-source hardware and software, etc... are just getting started. Where have you been? People are tearing down the walls of institutionalism and coming together like never before. There's so many interesting community projects all around the world. Hacker spaces are becoming more and more common.

Wikipedia represents people working as a community to pool their knowledge and create something huge without getting paid. It's absolutely fantastic. These are the types of projects Occupy must support. My God, don't you see the significance? My friend, Wikipedia is the biggest worldwide community effort ever made by man. It's a model for all things Occupy.

I guess some prefer big businesses selling expensive encyclopedias over a world-wide community effort to make a free one available anytime anywhere.

Do you support Occupy? Do you support community projects? (It's OK if you don't. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.)

All I support is wiki? Where did you get that idea? I support all kinds of ideas and projects for Occupy and write about them all the time. I support community efforts because I believe that people can do amazing things when they pool their talents and energies. We don't have to wait for others to do it for us. As interconnected communities, we can achieve just about anything.

I repeat, Wikipedia is the biggest worldwide community effort ever made. Not only that, but it has been successful to a very high degree and keeps improving every single day. It has millions upon millions of pages written by people from all over the world and they did it without pay. 15 years ago nobody would have thought this to be possible. It's a beacon of hope for Occupy. It means that worldwide community efforts are possible! It means that people do put their heads and energies together to accomplish great things. Not supporting Wikipedia is essentially equal to not supporting Occupy as it doesn't support the idea of the power of communities.

The bimbo Friday would be better off telling her kid, that mommy wastes hours upon hours sitting slack-jawed in front of computer, posting ignorant statements, to about a dozen people everyday. Time to call family services